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| Author(s): |
Bianca Gasparotto
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2017-11-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Vinicius Kannen Cardoso;
Fernando Chahud;
Eduardo Magalhães Rego
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| Advisor: | Vinicius Kannen Cardoso |
| Abstract | |
Serotonin (5-HT) is a neurohormone with complex effects in humans and animals. Although serotonergic signaling has been suggested to promote the development of colon tumors, the reduction in 5-HT levels was reported to increase the risk of colon cancer. Here, we sought to investigate how 5-HT synthesis modulates colon carcinogenesis. This hypothesis was explored in mechanistic experiments that carcinogenically exposed or not mice to azoxymethane. It revealed that carcinogenic exposure increased the synthesis of 5-HT in the colon since 5-HT release and decay were inhibited, while its synthesis and reuptake are promoted. After 24 weeks from the first carcinogenic exposure, the deletion of 5-HT synthesis increased tumor multiplicity, while following 12 weeks it promoted the development of preneoplastic lesions, and cell proliferation in the colon. Interestingly, 72 hrs after the sixth and last carcinogenic exposures the number of aberrant crypts were detected reduced in the absence of 5-HT, which occurred together with a reduced proliferation, but increased apoptosis and DNA damage. Finally, 5-HT modulated genomic repair mechanisms. We conclude that serotonergic synthesis seems to be a protective factor of the intestinal colon, which inhibited case facilitates tumor development in this tissue. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/12619-3 - Serotonin epithelial synthesis impacts on the development of colon carcinogenesis |
| Grantee: | Bianca Gasparotto |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |